Triple

T9195375
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Desire Howland E220691 entity
Predicate child P120 FINISHED
Object Mercy Gorham
Mercy Gorham is a historical figure known primarily as the daughter of Desire Howland, linking her to the early colonial Howland family of New England.
 E783656 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 steps)

Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.

NER Named-entity recognition gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Mercy Gorham | Statement: [Desire Howland, child, Mercy Gorham]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Mercy Gorham
Context triple: [Desire Howland, child, Mercy Gorham]
  • A. Maria Bowne Franklin
    Maria Bowne Franklin was an 18th-century American woman known primarily as the wife of Samuel Osgood, the first U.S. Postmaster General under the Constitution.
  • B. Lydia Gorham
    Lydia Gorham was a colonial-era New England woman known primarily through genealogical records as the daughter of Desire Howland, linking her to the prominent Mayflower-descended Howland family.
  • C. Harriet Putnam
    Harriet Putnam is a notable member of the Putnam family, recognized for her significance within this historically prominent lineage.
  • D. Adrienne Adams
    Adrienne Adams is an American politician who serves as the first Black Speaker of the New York City Council.
  • E. Rebecca Chase
    Rebecca Chase is a fictional character from the television series "NCIS," known primarily as one of Leroy Jethro Gibbs' ex-wives.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Mercy Gorham
Triple: [Desire Howland, child, Mercy Gorham]
Generated description
Mercy Gorham is a historical figure known primarily as the daughter of Desire Howland, linking her to the early colonial Howland family of New England.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Mercy Gorham
Target entity description: Mercy Gorham is a historical figure known primarily as the daughter of Desire Howland, linking her to the early colonial Howland family of New England.
  • A. Maria Bowne Franklin
    Maria Bowne Franklin was an 18th-century American woman known primarily as the wife of Samuel Osgood, the first U.S. Postmaster General under the Constitution.
  • B. Lydia Gorham chosen
    Lydia Gorham was a colonial-era New England woman known primarily through genealogical records as the daughter of Desire Howland, linking her to the prominent Mayflower-descended Howland family.
  • C. Harriet Putnam
    Harriet Putnam is a notable member of the Putnam family, recognized for her significance within this historically prominent lineage.
  • D. Adrienne Adams
    Adrienne Adams is an American politician who serves as the first Black Speaker of the New York City Council.
  • E. Rebecca Chase
    Rebecca Chase is a fictional character from the television series "NCIS," known primarily as one of Leroy Jethro Gibbs' ex-wives.
  • F. None of above.

Provenance (5 batches)

The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.

Step Stage Batch ID Status When
creating Elicitation batch_69ca83e7ba70819088b74866d9da2c30 completed March 30, 2026, 2:08 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69ccd87c3a3c8190b60f19873ef6e1f8 completed April 1, 2026, 8:34 a.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69d065d8f358819085dec73f25fd5746 completed April 4, 2026, 1:14 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69d066f0aa588190997de81afd8dc0b5 completed April 4, 2026, 1:18 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69d067e17fac819095544182f3232bf5 completed April 4, 2026, 1:22 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 7:25 p.m.